Edmonton 2011 Kids Fall Camps & 2011 Christmas Break Camps & 2012 Winter Break Camps & 2012 Summer Camps

Winter Break, Christmas Break Camps 2011 - 2012 in City of Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Strathcona and Leduc.

• AGA
  • Full-Week: Art Frontiers (ages 6-8)
    Monday-Friday, 9 am-4 pm
    January 2-6, 2012
    $250 / $225 AGA Members
  • Full-Week: Alternative Spaces and Places (ages 9-12)
    Monday-Friday, 9 am-4 pm
    January 2-6, 2012
    $250 / $225 AGA Members
  • One-Day ArtBreak Camp: Painted Places (ages 6-10)
    Tuesday, January 3, 9 am-4 pm
    $60 / $54 AGA Members
  • One-Day ArtBreak Camp: Sculpted Spaces (ages 6-10)
    Thursday, January 5, 9 am-4 pm
    $60 / $54 AGA Members
    Studio Y: Alternative Image-Making (ages 13-18)
    Friday, January 6, 9 am-4 pm
    $60 / $54 AGA Members
  • For more information about Winter ArtBreak Camps and Studio Y Programs, please visit youraga.ca.
• Edmonton Ski Club
  • Ski and Snowboard Day Camp.  Ages 6 and up.  December 26-30.
  • www.edmontonskiclub.com
• Fort Edmonton Park
  • History Whodunit!  (7 – 11 years)       $182
  • We’re looking for the best detectives around!  You’ll need to fly under the radar and find answers to Edmonton’s biggest mysteries Create a top secret detective’s diary and carefully chart your clues. From code-making and breaking to finding frauds, you’ll learn valuable skills to make you the best gumshoe in history. Disguise yourself and interview some 1885 street residents.  Edmonton’s history is certainly full of mystery!
  • Jan. 2 - 6, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (early drop off starts at 8 a.m., late pickup until 5 pm)
  • www.fortedmontonpark.ca, or www.edmonton.ca/ereg to register. For more information call 311.
• Rabbit Hill
  • Holiday lessons are 3 consecutive days with 1.5 hrs of instructions and full day lift pass.  Available December 26-Jan 7 (no lessons Jan 1).
  • For ages 4-14 and adult clinics available for ages 15 and up.  Ski or snowboard.
  • www.rabbithill.com
• Snow Valley
  • Mite Ski for ages 4 and 5. Junior Ski or Snowboard lessons for ages 6-12 and Youth Snowboard lessons for ages 13-17 yrs. 2 day lesson programs over Christmas break.
  • www.snowvalley.ca
• Sunridge Ski Area
  • Holiday lessons for skiing and snowboarding. Ages 5 and up. December 27-30 and January 3-6.
  • www.sunridgeskiarea.com
• University of Alberta
  • These multi-sport camps include a variety of athletic environments each day.  All activities are geared toward each participants abilities, in a fun, exciting learning environment.
  • For ages 6-12.  December 27 -30 and January 3-6.
  • www.activityreg.ualberta.ca
• Valley Zoo
  • Junior Zookeeper Daycamp
    • Celebrate the New Year by getting a taste of what it’s like to be a zookeeper! Each day, you’ll be preparing a diet, cleaning an enclosure, or making an enrichment or toy for one of the animals. We’ll freeze a giant winter ice cake for our seals or elephant, prepare some special treats for the lemurs, and make a special smelly surprise for one of our large carnivores.
    • If weather and snow conditions permit, we’ll slide like sea lions down our mini-toboggan hill, and go on a snowshoe zoo safari. Learn how a zookeeper trains large animals by playing some training games with your daycamp friends, and then see a training demonstration in action. Discover more about the animals you love and learn what it takes to run a zoo. End the week with an animal-themed party and potluck lunch!
    • Ages: 6-10 yrs
    • Cost: $182/child
    • Runs: 9 am - 4 pm each day (Mon Jan 2 - Fri Jan 6).  Early drop-off is from 8-9 am. Late pick up is from 4-5 pm.
      Pre-registration required. Call 311 (780-442-5311) or register online: www.edmonton.ca/ereg (course #425067)

Teachers Convention Camps March 1-2, 2012

• Fort Edmonton Park
  • Time Travel Adventure (Ages 6 – 10)   $75
  • Come one, come all, to a two-day camp where you’ll travel through time!  On day one, you’ll sign on to the Hudson’s Bay Company and experience a day in the life of an 1846 fur trader. Prove your strength by baling furs and building model travois and tipi, and celebrate your hard work by dancing a traditional reel and making bannock over a fire.  The next day, you’ll jump ahead 40 years through time to experience Edmonton in 1885!  Attend an old-fashioned school lesson, play pioneer games, and make some delicious treats to eat on a wood stove.  We’ll have a grand old time!
  • Thurs. Mar. 1 – Fri. Mar. 2, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (early drop off starts at 8 a.m., late pick up until 5 p.m.)
  • www.fortedmontonpark.ca, or www.edmonton.ca/ereg to register. For more information call 311.
• Snow Valley
  • Junior Ski or Snowboard lessons for ages 6-12 and Youth Snowboard lessons for ages 13-17 yrs.  2 day lesson programs over Teachers Convention.
  • www.snowvalley.ca

• Sunridge Ski Area
  • Holiday lessons for skiing and snowboarding. Ages 5 and up.
  • March 1-2 for Edmonton and February 9-10 for Rural Edmonton break.
  • www.sunridgeskiarea.com
• University of Alberta
  • These multi-sport camps include a variety of athletic environments each day.  All activities are geared toward each participants abilities, in a fun, exciting learning environment.
  • For ages 6-12.  March 1-2.
  • www.activityreg.ualberta.ca
• Valley Zoo
  • ZooVenture Camp
    • This jam-packed two-day camp offers the best of our most popular summer camp activities.  We’ll help zookeepers prepare a couple of animal diets and create a special smelly treat to give to our lemurs.  We’ll also make some frosty enrichment surprises for some of winter-loving animals, including our arctic foxes and wolves.  Together we’ll travel behind-the-scenes to meet animals both large and small.  Put on your detective hat as we follow the trail of clues to solve an animal-themed mystery. On our last day of camp, we’ll have some fun with a treasure hunt, a Zoomazing Race Trivia Challenge and celebrate with hot chocolate!
    • Ages: 6 - 10 yrs
    • Cost: $75/child
    • Runs: 9 am - 4 pm each day (Thurs Mar 1 - Fri Mar 2). Early drop-off is from 8-9 am. Late pick up is from 4-5 pm.
    • Pre-registration required. Call 311 (780-442-5311) or register online: www.edmonton.ca/ereg (course #439828)

Spring Breaks Camps 2012 in City of Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Strathcona and Leduc.

• John Janzen Nature Centre
  • Mud Puddlers Cam
    • Wear your boots, and we’ll find the first spring puddles! Find out about the new season by visiting the baby spring animals and creating a bundle of springtime crafts. Make a bag of nesting material to hang out for the birds in your backyard, and search for some of the first bugs of spring.  At the end of the week, we’ll enjoy a puppet show performance of “The Ugly Duckling”, and make our own hand puppets to take home.
    • Ages: 4-5 yrs
    • Cost: $105/child 
    • Runs: 9 am - noon each day (Mon Mar 26 - Fri Mar 30)
    • Pre-registration required. Call 311 (780-442-5311) or register online: www.edmonton.ca/ereg (course #439387)
• Edmonton Valley Zoo
  • Monkey Troop Camp
    • Each day has a new theme that will keep us busy with animal encounters, enrichments and diet preparation! Check out this 5-day agenda…
    • Tail Tales - Discover the tale behind the tail. From animals that use their tail to show off to those that need their tail to help them move, you’ll find out fascinating facts about tails.  
    • Monkey Business - Meet the Zoo’s primates – monkeys, lemurs and even a species of ape.  Make some special toys for them to play with! 
    • Zoo Stew - How to cook for a crowd - Zoo style! Check out who eats what (or whom). Visit the kitchen that prepares the food for over 100 kinds of animals daily. Use your chef skills to prepare and deliver a meal to one lucky zoo animal.
    • Leaping Lizards and Amazing Amphibians– Jump into the world of reptiles and amphibians and meet lizards, frogs, tortoises and snakes. See the Zoo’s biggest snakes, and meet some “turtle-ly” awesome reptiles.
    • Elephant Art – Lucy the elephant is the zoo’s artist. Learn about Lucy, see some of her artwork and make a work of art using your own “trunk”!
    • Ages: 6-8 yrs 
    • Cost: $182/child 
    • Runs: 9 am - 4 pm each day (Mon Mar 26- Fri Mar 30). Early drop-off is from 8-9 am. Late pick up is from 4-5 pm.
    • Pre-registration required. Call 311 (780-442-5311) or register online: www.edmonton.ca/ereg (course #439835)
  • Zoo Kids Camp
    • Sharpen your sleuth skills and come on down to the Edmonton Valley Zoo for a week of mind bending adventures. Check out the puzzles and mysteries that await you…
    • Takin Treasure Hunt – The takin is one of China’s greatest treasures. Learn about other treasured animals and how ‘treasures’ can lead some animals to become endangered as you participate in this takin-sized treasure hunt.
    • Animal Myth-takes - Can porcupines shoot their quills? Do monkeys really like bananas?  Does a layer of blubber really help to keep seals warm?  Uncover the real truth about some of the animals at our zoo.
    • Enriching Orienteering – The animals at the Valley Zoo love treats! Using a map, navigate your way through the Zoo (or Laurier Park if snow conditions permit) in search of enrichment materials. Afterwards, prepare and deliver the treats to animals.
    • A Zoo Who Dunnit? Some animals at the Valley Zoo have been up to some mischief! All sorts of things are out of whack. Worst of all, one of the animals is missing. Put on your detective hat, pull out your magnifying glass and help us put things back in order!
    • Zoo-mazing Challenge Wrap up the week in grand style with the Zoo-mazing Trivia Challenge. With the knowledge that you gained this week, see if you can figure out these ‘Zoo-per’ tricky puzzles!
    • Ages: 9 - 12 yrs 
    • Cost: $182/child
    • Runs: 9 am - 4 pm each day (Mon Mar 26- Fri Mar 30). Early drop-off is from 8-9 am. Late pick up is from 4-5 pm.
    • Pre-registration required. Call 311 (780-442-5311) or register online: www.edmonton.ca/ereg (course #439878)
• Fort Edmonton Park
  • Pioneer Vacation 6 – 10 years $182
  • From hard work to active play, this camp gives you a taste of early times in Edmonton. Have an old-fashioned school lesson using slates and playing old-time games at recess. Make ice cream, dip a wax candle, and bake a sweet treat to eat too! Spend the afternoon playing games at your very own Penny Carnival. Make a checkerboard and play checkers with your new daycamp friends. 
  • #439634 Mar. 26 –30; 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (early drop off starts at 8 a.m., late pick up until 5 p.m.)
  • www.fortedmontonpark.ca, or www.edmonton.ca/ereg to register. For more information call 311.
• University of Alberta
  • These multi-sport camps include a variety of athletic environments each day.  All activities are geared toward each participants abilities, in a fun, exciting learning environment.
  • For ages 6-12.  March 26-30.
  • www.activityreg.ualberta.ca

Summer Camps 2012 in City of Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Strathcona and Leduc.

• AGA
  • One-Day ArtBreaks
    • for students aged 6-10
    • Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9am-4pm
    • July 3 & 5, 2012
    • $60 / $54 AGA Member
    • Tuesday: Painted Places
      • Indoor and outdoor places come alive through paint in this fun One-day class! Explore the Gallery spaces to discover how artists use colour and light before creating your own exciting painted places in the studio. Play with a variety of painting projects throughout the day including watercolour and coloured ink landscapes, abstract acrylic painting experimentations and tempera 3-D paintings!
    • Thursday: Sculpted Spaces
      • Ready, set, sculpt! Discover the art of sculpture and installation in this hands-on One-day class. Visit the Gallery to explore sculptural forests and light installations before working in the studio on a variety of sculpture projects. Use woodblocks for wild spaces, clay for creative landscapes and mixed-media for marvelous installations!
    • www.youraga.ca

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